Ramzan recipe: Moroccan Stuffed Dates

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A Moroccan sweet this recipe, which has been inspired by The Spruce Eats, is served during Ramzan and special occasions. Photograph: Courtesy Joy/Creative Commons

Ingredients:

• 500 gm dates
• 150 gm almond
• 60 gm sugar
• Few drops of lemon zest
• 1 tbsp butter
• Cinnamon

Method:

• Soak the almonds until the skin peels off. Add the almonds, sugar and cinnamon in a mixer and grind until you get a powdery mixture.
• Add the lemon zest and butter and grind till you get a smooth paste. 
• Cut the dates in such a way that you can remove the seed.
• Roll the paste into small balls and stuff it inside the dates.
• You can garnish the dates with coconut shavings, walnut and pistachio pieces or sugar granules. 

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